Bed construction.



J. F. GAIL.

BED CONSTRUCTXON. APPLICATION mum we. 3, 1908.

Pate'ntd Apr. 12, 1910.

UNITED STATES PATENT onmcn.

JOHN F. GAIL, OF XENOSHA. WISCONSIN. ASSIGNOB. TO THE SIMMONSMANUFACTUR- ING COMPAL'Y, 0F KENOSHA, \VISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF\VISCONSIN.

BED CONSTRUCTION.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 12, 1910- Applicationfiled August 3, 1908. Serial No. 446.632.

T 0 (1?? whom. it may concern:

Be it known that 1, Join; 1*. GAlL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kenosha, in the county of Kcnosha and State of \l'isconsin,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed Constructions,of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates in general to bed constructions, but pertains morein particular to the method and manner of securing the supports for thecros bars and end bars or rails of a bed to the corner posts thereof.Heretot'ore in securing said suports to the corner posts, the supportshave een cast about or welded on the posts, and in case a support wasbroken, it rendered the bed useless, tor the reason that new supportscould not be cast or secured t the posts after the bed was finished.

A further disadvantage of casting or welding the supports to the postslies in the fact that the invention relates to metallic bedconstruction= and the posts have to be burnished or poli d. To burnishor polish a post'successful 3', it isnecessary that the batting brush ormachine has a movement the entire length of the est, in order that, aneven and uniform sur ace may be made.

here the support is secured to the post first, such as by casting orwelding, the butting machine can only operate as far as the support,requiring considerable labor to bufi or polish the post around thesupport.

My inventiontis designed, therefore, first, to secure the support to thepost so that the same can be removed, if broken, or forany other reason,and a new one replaced; a second object of the invention is to provide aremovable support, wherebv the posts of the bed can be bufied orpolished and than the su ports secured thereto.

n the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a vertical section of asquare post with other. parts in section and a support secured thereto.Fig. 2 is a crom section of a square post, with a support securedthereto. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of a round post with other partsirnsection and its support. Fig. dis cross section of a round post, witha support secured thereto.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 5 represents a supportfor the. side and end bars or-rails ot a bed, the socket 6 being adaptedto accommodate a side bar, and the socket 7 an end bar; the supportbeing provided with a shoulder or boss 8 having the pins!) formedintegral therewith and projecting therefrom, and a threaded bolt 10secured thereto, preferably by casting the rail support around the headof the bolt asindicated in the modified structure of Fig. 3. '11 is abed post, hollow, and square in cross section, being composed of brassor any other suitable material.

It is obvious that when the support for the bars is removed there are noobstruclions upon any of the four sides of the bed post and that,- abutting machine can have an unobstructed sweep or movement over itssurfaces. After the post has been suitably bufi'ed or polished, thesupport is secured thereto by bringing the pins 9 and screw or threadedshank 10 in register with suitable apertures 12 and 13, through whichthe pins and screw respectively are adapted to pass and project into theinterior of the post.

lVhen the parts are in the position as just, described, an abutmentplate 1% is inserted within the post, it having registering aperturcs toreceive the pins 9 and screw 10, and being of substantially the same.width as the interior diameter of the post. The plate A removes thestrain from the three points at which the. support is secured to thepost. thereby attording a wide bearing surface, so that the postis notin any manner injured. After the plate has been inserted, a nut 15 isadapted to engage the screw or threaded shank 10 and by means ofsuitable instruments to engage the flutes J5 on the nut, said nut can bereadily turned to secure all parts'firmly together. It hein understoodthat to apply the plate 14 the nut 15,

support 17 having bar or rail engaging socketa 1S and a semi-circularrecess 19, of sub stantially the same curvature as the post itself.

\Vhen the round post is used a curved plate 20 is also employed, havingthe same function as the plate 14: and the screw and nut serving thesame purpose as above described. 11: is, however, obvious of course thatthe pins 9 may be omitted when a round post is employed, for thereason'thai. the concave recess in the support would prevent it fromhaving any turning movement relative to the convex post.

It is of course apparent that changes might be made in my construction,without departing from the general spirit of the invention, an thereforewithout confining myself to the precise details of construction hereinshown.

I claim:

In a bed construction, the combination of e rail-support having athreadedshank and a stud, a hollow-post suitably apertnred to receivethe threaded-shank and stud and permit them to project into the interiorof the 20

